vang
/vˈæŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A surname
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A surname
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A surname
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A surname
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A surname
verb
To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.
Example Sentences
- "Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial."
- "On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc."
- "The Patented Hoyt Jib Boom adds to offwind speed by vanging the jib and acting as a built in whisker pole."
- "We needed to vang the main, pull it down to flatten it, and make it more efficient."
Etymology
* As a North Germanic surname, from derivatives of Old Norse vangr (“field”) (such as modern Swedish vång). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Wang. * As a Hmongic surname, from White Hmong Vaj, White Hmong Vaaj, or Khmer វ៉ាង (vaang).